Russia commemorate Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan

STORY: Russia commemorate Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War 2. various of the commemorative ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): DMITRY SAGAL, Expert on public diplomacy 3. various of a special exhibition 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): OLGA YERYOMENKO, Descendant of WWII veteran 5. various of a visual effect special exhibition STORYLINE: Sunday marked the inaugural commemoration of "the Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan and the End of World War II (1945)," after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in June altering the name of the commemorative day from its previous designation as "the Day of the End of World War II (1945)." At the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, representatives of all walks of life laid flowers to memory the loss during the war. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): DMITRY SAGAL, Expert on public diplomacy "Japanese militarists are the same

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at Seoul National University in South Korea on July 4, 2014. Xi said, "In the first half of the 20th Century, Japan's militarists waged barbaric wars of aggression against China and Korea."

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at Seoul National University in South Korea on July 4, 2014. Xi said, "In the first half of the 20th Century, Japan's militarists waged barbaric wars of aggression against China and Korea."

Tanzan Ishibashi

Tanzan Ishibashi

Born Sept. 25, 1884 and died on April 25, 1973. After graduating from Waseda University in 1907, Ishibashi joined the publishing company Toyo Keizai Shimpo and wrote for many magazines and newspapers. He was an outspoken critic of the militarists in the 1930s. Ishibashi became prime minister on Dec. 23, 1956 but had to resign after two months because of illness. Photo was taken on March 20, 1969.

Chinese envoy urges Japan to face up to history on issue of "comfort women"

STORY: Chinese envoy urges Japan to face up to history on issue of "comfort women" DATELINE: April 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): DAI BING, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): DAI BING, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations "In East Asia, there is also a group of victims of sexual violence in conflict, who have been living with nightmare memories, but have not been able to get justice even till their death. This group is the 'comfort women' forcibly drafted by the Japanese army during the Second World War. During that period, hundreds of thousands of women and girls from China, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions were forcibly conscripted by Japanese militarists as 'comfort women' and became prisoner in hell. They have experienced horrific sexual violence, both mentally and

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

China's Xi denounces Japan's militarists' war as 'barbaric'

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at Seoul National University in South Korea on July 4, 2014. Xi said, "In the first half of the 20th Century, Japan's militarists waged barbaric wars of aggression against China and Korea." (Kyodo)